It’s been a splendid autumn at Marin Waldorf School, filled with beautiful special events and all-school festivals.

Read more about our plans to revitalize the campus garden and how you can contribute!

When Quechua educator and activist Román Vizcarra visited the Marin Waldorf School campus, students and faculty had an opportunity to learn more about Peruvian culture.

We have resources designed especially for Waldorf families who want to make smart choices about screen time, technology, and media.

Through a multidisciplinary, multilayered approach to math, starting at the earliest ages, students learn to see the joy and beauty in numbers, approach math work from many perspectives, and eventually build up to the conceptual ideas that fuel advanced-level math in middle school. Here’s how we do it.

As teachers, we connect to our own humanity so that we can teach it to students. By listening to them, we show them how to listen to others.

At Marin Waldorf School, students learn new concepts in context, including the history of a subject. For middle schoolers tackling algebra, that includes a study of the history of abstract mathematics.

At Marin Waldorf School, we know that a healthy community is at the heart of a well-rounded education and a meaningful life. How do we foster community?

An imaginative story about the inhabitants of Mouse Lane (and a messy mouse chef) help 2nd graders connect with large numbers and the concept of place value.

Building meaningful relationships between teachers and students takes time, but it’s the key to developing curious, happy, and engaged learners at Marin Waldorf School.

For decades, a Saturday morning open house has been a staple of Marin Waldorf School's enrollment events for current and prospective families. This year, we made some changes to our tried-and-true formula, renaming the event Experience Waldorf and reimagining the flow of the day. What did we do differently?

Our 6th graders brought ancient Rome to life for their classmates with research projects and presentations on the history and culture of the ancient city.

As the nights lengthen and the weather begins to cool, it is time to shine our inner light, finding the courage and strength to carry us through the darkness of the winter months.  Here are some of the ways we prepare for Michaelmas at MWS.

The Michaelmas festival plants a seed in our souls, a picture of courage and strength, that can take root and grow through the autumn and winter. We can return again and again to the symbols this festival presents and benefit from their abundance all winter long.

Marin Waldorf School’s marvelous math teacher, Julia McIlroy, has always been drawn to mathematics and sciences, but she’s also seen the world from many other perspectives: as a teacher, as a prison volunteer, as a public defender, and as a mother. Read more about her here.

Our annual May Faire was a beautiful day of music, togetherness, and warmth—despite the chilly winds that visited the oak grove during the dancing! Our students performed beautifully and the audience was greatly enhanced by the presence of alumni, grandparents, and special friends.